lundi 1 juin 2009
Program in danger? Looking for funding?
Please have a look at this great list of funding opportunities as you look for ways to supplement funding for language teaching and learning! Thanks to ASCDirect for this wonderful list!
mercredi 6 mai 2009
Summer school position at Strake Jesuit
There is a summer school position available for French, levels 1, 2 &3 at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. Summer school is June 8th-July 3rd. For further inquiries or to apply for the position, please contact Kelly Clemons at 713.490.8241 or at clemons_k@strakejesuit.org.
jeudi 30 avril 2009
Awards Ceremony Cancelled
Greetings, colleagues,
It is with a heavy heart that we, the officers of AATF-Houston, have decided to cancel this year’s distribution des prix ceremony that was to be held tomorrow afternoon at the University of St. Thomas. We have decided to do so for the safety of all concerned, especially in light of the fact that similar academic UIL events have also been interrupted across Texas due to the influenza situation. Know that this is only a one-time occurrence, and that, in the years to come, we have every intention of continuing this grand and unique tradition of ours to which I was looking forward with great anticipation.
Teachers whose students were to be recognized should contact our chapter’s NFC director, Ann Clogan, to make arrangements to collect their certificates and prizes as soon as possible. Ann can be reached by e-mail at aclogan@strakejesuit.org. Please be so kind as to contact her before May 15 to collect your students’ materials. Teachers of students who placed highly can also expect to be contacted soon about the possibility of their participating in Destination France. You will hear more about this soon, in the weeks that follow, from our own Claude Boutin.
Join me in expressing thanks to Ann for all her work on this year’s contest and, of course, to Dr. Rolande Leguillon for having once again offered to host us for our ceremony in the excellent facilities of the University of St. Thomas.
I thank you all for your understanding, and I wish you all a productive end of the academic year.
Best,
Georges Detiveaux
President, AATF-Houston
It is with a heavy heart that we, the officers of AATF-Houston, have decided to cancel this year’s distribution des prix ceremony that was to be held tomorrow afternoon at the University of St. Thomas. We have decided to do so for the safety of all concerned, especially in light of the fact that similar academic UIL events have also been interrupted across Texas due to the influenza situation. Know that this is only a one-time occurrence, and that, in the years to come, we have every intention of continuing this grand and unique tradition of ours to which I was looking forward with great anticipation.
Teachers whose students were to be recognized should contact our chapter’s NFC director, Ann Clogan, to make arrangements to collect their certificates and prizes as soon as possible. Ann can be reached by e-mail at aclogan@strakejesuit.org. Please be so kind as to contact her before May 15 to collect your students’ materials. Teachers of students who placed highly can also expect to be contacted soon about the possibility of their participating in Destination France. You will hear more about this soon, in the weeks that follow, from our own Claude Boutin.
Join me in expressing thanks to Ann for all her work on this year’s contest and, of course, to Dr. Rolande Leguillon for having once again offered to host us for our ceremony in the excellent facilities of the University of St. Thomas.
I thank you all for your understanding, and I wish you all a productive end of the academic year.
Best,
Georges Detiveaux
President, AATF-Houston
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Qui sommes-nous?
We are the Houston Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF-Houston). The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) was founded in 1927 and is the largest national association of French teachers in the world with nearly 10,000 members. Our members are French teachers at all levels and include approximately 3/4 secondary teachers and 1/4 post-secondary. We also have a growing number of French teachers in immersion settings and in the elementary grades. As a professional association, we seek to address the concerns of our members which include: promoting the study of languages in general and French in particular; facilitating the implementation of national and state standards in the classroom; improving the training of French teachers by encouraging minimum levels of language and cultural proficiency, and exposure to the French-speaking world through study abroad opportunities; creating opportunities and finding resources for practicing teachers to update their skills and improve their teaching; and, finally, encouraging the use of new technologies in the teaching of French and actively developing materials to support this use. Our regional representative to the national office is Dr. Jacqueline Thomas of Texas A&M University at Kingsville.
Officers of AATF-Houston
Georges DETIVEAUX, President
georges.j.detiveaux@lonestar.edu
Coordinator, Language Labs / French Faculty, Lone Star College-CyFair
Roya MCARTHUR, Vice President
roya.mcarthur@cfisd.net
Department Chair of Foreign Languages, Cy-Woods High School
David TIMMS, Secretary
dtimmsorn@aol.com
French Faculty, The John Cooper School
Gerri MANLOVE, Treasurer
gembus@earthlink.net
Rolande LEGUILLON, Historian
rolandel@stthom.edu
Professor of French, University of St. Thomas
Wendy KIRKLE, Immediate Past President
corgwyn2@comcast.net
French Faculty, Katy High School
Ann CLOGAN, Grand concours (National French Contest) Administrator
aclogan@strakejesuit.org
Department Chair of Foreign Languages, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Claude BOUTIN, Destination France Program Administrator
cgboutin@yahoo.com
georges.j.detiveaux@lonestar.edu
Coordinator, Language Labs / French Faculty, Lone Star College-CyFair
Roya MCARTHUR, Vice President
roya.mcarthur@cfisd.net
Department Chair of Foreign Languages, Cy-Woods High School
David TIMMS, Secretary
dtimmsorn@aol.com
French Faculty, The John Cooper School
Gerri MANLOVE, Treasurer
gembus@earthlink.net
Rolande LEGUILLON, Historian
rolandel@stthom.edu
Professor of French, University of St. Thomas
Wendy KIRKLE, Immediate Past President
corgwyn2@comcast.net
French Faculty, Katy High School
Ann CLOGAN, Grand concours (National French Contest) Administrator
aclogan@strakejesuit.org
Department Chair of Foreign Languages, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Claude BOUTIN, Destination France Program Administrator
cgboutin@yahoo.com